Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 October 1940 — Page 4

City Hall—

COAL RULING $30,000 BLOW T0 GITY FUNDS

Deery Seeking Loophole to ‘Save’ Increase in Fuel Price.

By RICHARD LEWIS

Barely beginning to recover from the blow of a $350,000 budget deficit, the Oivil City has suffered another financial buffet which threatens a serious shortage in its fuel accounts next year. The buffet has been dealt by the National Bitunminous Coal Act, which raises the cost of coal to the City from 48 to 70 cents a ton. In round “numbers, this adds up to a $30,000 increase over and above what the City had budgeted for coal next year.

The School City, which is a separate unit, expects a $20,000 increase in its fuel bill too. Ordinarily, the increase easily might have been cushioned by balances. But the balances officials had planned in the 1941 budget disappeared—presto chango—when the budget error was found. Down but far from out, City officials have retired to a quiet corner of the Legal Department where, under the direction of Corporation Counsel Edward H. Knight, they are hunting a certain loophole in the Guffey Act. Cra

Passing the Buck

Passing the buck is an old game in municipal financial circles. One administration takes on a large expenditure and passes it on to the next administration, via bond issue. It's an easy way to keep the tax rate down for the time being. But the rate invariably jumps up when the bond issue falls due, and the administration which happens to be in office when that happens finds a first class headache on its hands. "This is the background of the $40,000 worth of bonds which mature Jan. 1, 1941. The heritage of one Administration after another, they happen to fall due smack in the middle of the regime of Mayor Sullivan. . But the Mayor and the Controller, James E. Deery, saw the busk coming. And they, too, decided to pass it. 4 They made no provision in [the budget for the $40,000, which includes a Fire Department issue of 1920 and a City Hospital issue of 1925. When it comes due, the City naturally can’t pay it. The only thing the City can do to preserve its A-1 financial rating is to refund the bond issues. And that’s what it’s going to do; that’s why officials made no provision to pay it off. It keeps the tax rate down . ., . for the time being.

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Sweeney to Speak—W. T. Sweeney. research committee member of the American Dental Association at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D. C., will speak before the Indianapolis Dental Society Monday in the Hotel Lincoln. His topic will be “Acrylic Resins Used for Denture Bases Today.”

E. S. Turner . . . opposes U.S. withdrawal from Philippines.

“The withdrawal of the United States from the Philippine Islands in 1946 will destroy the present high standard of living in the Islands.” That is the opinion of E. S. Turner, national general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. there, who will speak before the third quarterly meeting of the organization’s State committee tomor= row in the Central Y. M. C. A. He said the Islands, if left on their own, would bé open to outside exploitation and the United States would sacrifice its balance of power in the Far East.

Lodge to Give Dance—The second annual entertainment and dance given by associate members of the Indianapolis Lodge, No. 86, Fraternal Order of Police, is scheduled for Oct. 17 in the Indiana Roof ballroom.

Remy on Program—William Remy, Indianapolis attorney, will speak at the Y. M. C. A. Good Citizenship meeting at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow. His subject will be “The Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of the Government.”

JOB INSURANCE BENEFITS DROP

U. S. Reports Increase in Placements; Indiana Trend Follows.

Times Special WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—A record total of private job placements by the State Employment Services and a decline in unemployment benefits during August was announced today by Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt. Nearly 331,000. jobs, a 7 per cent increase over July, were reported. Total registrations dropped to 5,200,000 by the end of the month, a decline of 353,000, according to the figures assembled by the Social Security Board. More than 280,000 placements were with private employers, the largest August figure in the history of the Employment Service.

Indiana Placements Up

August placements in Indiana were up 15.3 per cent over July and 3.5 per ¢ent greater than August, 1939. Out of a total of 7634 placements in August this year, 7253 were in private industry. The January-August placements for 1940 were 56,719, a 12.1 per cent increase over the same period in 1939. Applicants received in August amounted to 39,143, an increas of 18 per cent over August, 1939, but a 2.4 per cent deceares from July. On August 31, 1939, there were 135,947 applicants on the active files in the state, a .1 per cent decrease over the same date last year. Unemployment benefit payments in the state amounted to $1,053,238

over July. So far this year these benefits have amounted to $7,457,698, a decrease of 8.2 per cent for the same period. last year.

26,623 Get Benefits

The minimum number of workers receiving benefits during August was 26,623. Since unemployment benefit payments were inaugurated in Indiana

has been paid out.

Medical Group to Hear Six

Six doctors wil speak before the Indianapolis Medical Society of Marion County in the Indianapolis Athletic Club at 8:15 p.- m. today. They are Dr. Irvin H. Page, Dr. G. F.. Kempf, Dr. O. M. Helmer, Dr.

Kenneth Kohlsteadt, Dr. Arthur C. Corocoran and Dr. Paul J. Fouts.

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EXPERTS FIGURE 9TH DEMOCRAT, 10TH IS 6.0. P.

That’s Way They Are Now; Radical Presidential Shift Might Change Trend.

(This is the seventh of a series of articles on political trence in each of the. State’s 12 Congressional districts.)

By NOBLE REED Most neutral analysts and even some leaders of both parties agree that the Ninth District will re-elect its Democratic Congressman and that .the Tenth District again will elect Rep. Raymond S. Springer, Republican. The present trends in both districts, however, could be changed by any radical shift in Presidential sentiment; but observers are convinced the two districts at this time are leaning about the same as they were two years ago so far as the Congrass races are concerned. Rep. Eugene B. Crowe, Bedford Democrat, has been elected to Congress from the Ninth District for the last 10 years, holding majorities ranging up to 11,000 over two Republican opponents.

Teacher Opposing Him

Opposing him this year is Earl Wilson, a Lawrence County School teacher, a comparatively newcomer in politics of southern Indiana. Democratic leaders have gone so far as to predict that Rep. Crowe will be re-elected even if President Roosevelt should lose the area. The district is composed of 15 counties in the southeastern corner of the state and is mostly rural. All the counties in the Ninth use paper ballots and Democrats claim that most Willkie voters will “scratch” over to elect Rep. Crowe even if the G. O. P. national ticket should carry the district.

Tagged as New Dealer

Most observers in southern Indiana, however, contend the New Deal is at least as strong now as it was in 1938 when Rep. Crowe de-

majority, the smallest Democratic lead there in 10 years.Rep. Crowe is tagged in Washington as almost a 100° per cent New Dealer, following Administration leadership in voting on bills. He voted for all preparedness measures and for the draft. Rep. Springer, who twice was defeated for Governor, is opposed this year by Don C, Ward, Union City educator, also a newcomer to politics. ’ After two defeats in the Governor race in which he lost his home district to Governor Townsend in 1936, Rep. Springer came back in 1938 for Congress and was elected on the crest of the Republican upswing in the state by a majority of 9600 over Finley H. Gray who had been the Democratic Congressman for six years.

A Diligent Member

Rep. Springer is considered one of the most diligent members of the Indiana delegation in Congress. He has missed only one roll call in two years and that was when he came to Indiana to attend the funeral of his mother. He has worked hard toward passage of the Hatch “Clean Politics” Act and voted for the Townsend old-age pension plan. He was one of the most outspoken of lall Hoosier Congressmen against the draft bill and also voted against calling out the National Guard. His opponent, Mr. Ward, was brought out in the primary last May by some organized labor groups and

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bears that tag ahead of any other issue. Many of the state Democratic leaders did not support Mr. Ward in the primary.

Rushville In District

Democratic leaders have voiced little hope of carrying the district unless the New Deal strength in the Tenth takes a sweeping upturn in the next four weeks, and that is not believed likely since Rushville, the Willkie campaign headquarters, is in the district. ; The Tenth comprises nine counties in the east-central section of the state. :

AMERICANISM AIDS NAMED FOR POST

The first thing Dr. Wilbur F. Smith did after his election as com-

mander of Hayward-Barcus Post 35, American Legion, was to name an Americanism committeen. Its membership was announced today. oe ; Commander Smith appointed Joe F. Lutes, post past commander; Arthur F. G. Gemmer, scoutmaster = of the post's Boy Scout Troop 83; Ralph E. Kildare, post chaplain; Claude McLean, member of J i the post’s scout : committee; RusDr. Smith sell V. Sigler, Shortridge High School history teacher; Clarence G. Shoemaker, Shortridge English teacher, and C. C. Swift, post representative for the Un-American Activities School of the Twelfth District Legion. One of the committee’s first projects will be direction of the post's annual Constitutional Essay Contest in seven Indianapolis public high schools and the State School for the Deaf. It will be started in connection with the local observance of American Education stasting Thursday.

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PARENTS SO ENVIED their children the good times they had this summer at the vacation school in the Crooked Creek Baptist Church that a similar school featuring Bible stories and handcraft is now being conducted for “grownups.” The Crooked Creek Church is the quaint, white frame house of worship, once a country church attended by farmers, now situated in a suburb of Indianapolis near Kessler Boulevard and the Michigan Road. The grownup vacation school is held in the evenings from 7:30 to 9 p. m. Shoes and clothing are being reconditioned for the city’s needy and special study being made of St. Paul's Epistles. The Rev. Franklin L. Crutchlow, pastor, is in charge.

NORRIS DENIES HE'S TO BLAME FOR DESERT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—(U. P.) —Senator George W. Norris (Ind. Neb.) denied today charges by Senator Styles Rridges (R. N. H.) that he was responsible for turning a fertile section of Nebraska into a desert. Senator Norris’ Senate speech was in reply to Mr, Bridges’ charges last week that there is a well-organized attempt to “smear” the career and ability of Wendell L. Willkie. Mr. Norris retorted that Kingsley Dam in Nebraska, alleged by Mr. Bridges to be responsible for the “desert,” is not yet in operation. “When the water is released for irrigation purposes, the surrounding area for 200 miles will be transformed into a garden,” Senator Norris predicted.

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Training Banned Near 46 Airports to Aid Army, Commercial Planes.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (U. P.), — The Civil Aeronautics Board has

banned flying lessons at 46 airports, so student pilots will not interfere with the operations of military and commercial planes. The CAB said flight instructions must be conducted six miles from the fields designated. Training planes, however, will be permitted to use hangars at the airports. Fields where student instruction is prohibited include: La Guardia, New York; Gravelly Point, Washington; and at Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, Burbank, Cal., Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Ft. Worth, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Francisco and Seattle. The other 29 fields were placed on the list because “military authorities have based, or plan to base in’ the nee~ future, extensive tactical operations on these sites.” These are airports at Ft. Wayne, Albuquerque, Augusta, Ga., Bangor, Battle Creek, Boise, Charlotte, N. C., Columbia, S. C., Denver, Fresno, Jackson, Miss., Jacksonville, Louisville, Meridian, Miss., Minneapolis, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Fla., Portland, Ore., Providence, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Savannah, Spokane, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tucson, West Palm Beach and Yakima, Wash. :

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Forward Move Must Be Sounded, Ohioan Says, In Invitation.

The North American Christian Convention, one of the nation’s largest. religious meetings of the year, Tabernacle tomorrow through Sunday. “Inspiration, Indoctrination and Evangelism” will be the theme. Invitations to the convention were extended throughout the United States by the president, P. H. Welshimer of Canton, O. In his invitation Mr. Welshimer stated: “A positive forward move must be sounded all along the line. The time is ripe and opportune. No other national convention among us this year. Evangelism is lagging, Bible school growth is halting, many are dying, sin runs riot. Brethren on every hand urge such a convention. Let Christians 6 rally. Let leaders lead and everybody come.” At the opening session at 7:30 p. m., a song service will be followed by “Words of Welcome” by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. Mr. Welshimer will speak at 8:30 p. m. on “Preach the Word.” The benediction will be given by the Rev. H. F. Rector. Thursday’s program will begin with a song service at 9:30 a. m. followed by scripture reading and prayer by the Rev. Joe B. Maffett. At 9:50 a. m. a, sermon, “What Is The Gospel?” will be preached by the Rev. Burris Butler. At 10:25 a. m. the Rev. F. E. Smith will preach on “Ministers of the Gospel.” Among other features of the day will be an open forum on Evangel-

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TUESDAY, OCT. S, 1940

$9086 ALLOTTED TO FIGHT FIRES

State to Match Sum for Forest Blazes; 1939 Damage Up.

Times Special

funds amounting to $9086 have been

allotted to Indiana for fighting for=est fires on State and private lands during the fiscal year 1941, the U. S. Forest Service said today. The State will match this amount. There were 601 forest fires in Indiana in 1939, compared with 373 in 1938, the Forest Service reports. The protected ‘area burned over last year was 36,514 acres as compared with 27,170 the previous year. Total area of State and private lands calling for fire protection was given at 4,563,056; with 2,108,451 pro-

"|tected. Damage to protected lands

was estimated at $494,753. No estimate of damage on unprotected lands is available. Of the 601 fires, 537 were mane caused and 64 from not clearly dee terminable causes. Smokers were responsible for 230, brush and debris burners 173, campers 5, and lumber=ing operations 18. Sixty-eight were traceable to railroads and 43 to incendiaries.

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